Matthew Cherry Studios: The Blog

The Wild One

Matthew J. Cherry — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:13:05 +0000

It begins here for me on this road. How the whole mess happened I don’t know, but I know it couldn’t happen again in a million years. Maybe I could of stopped it early, but once the trouble was on its way, I was just goin’ with it. Mostly I remember the girl. I can’t …

Gazinov: Only a man from the past can predict the future….

Matthew J. Cherry — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:25:16 +0000

This is another portrait of a dear friend of mine. I have been very fortunate in my friendships as most are rather unique characters. Before becoming an attorney, the Great Gazinov was known as the Mind Reader of Central Park and was also featured in a book of street performers in venice beach. He has …

And Baby Makes Three

Matthew J. Cherry — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:12:32 +0000

There are certain things that I do very well. The flip side to knowing what you do well is that you also become intimately familiar with what you don’t do well and, well, I don’t take good spur of the moment photos. I just don’t. I’m not very good at any kind of event photography; …

Moxie and Marilyn

Matthew J. Cherry — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:09:24 +0000

Continuing my large format B&W portraits and formalizing the look of the Femme Fatale series. This is a shot of my friend Moxie and her idol, Marilyn Monroe.

STAT!

Matthew J. Cherry — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:21:06 +0000

I’m pleased to announce that two of my photographs from the Stamford At Night series will be sold at silent auction to benefit the New York City’s Public Hospitals. In addition to my work, works of Michael Kamber, Johnny Nunez, Peter Max, Shigeru Taniguchi, Frank Stewart and Andy Warhol will also be sold. In addition, …

Up Yours! (gallery)

Matthew J. Cherry — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:38:46 +0000

Anyone who works to make good artwork more accessible to the general public is doing a good thing. Anyone who works to make MY artwork more accessible to the general public is doing a great thing! In light of this, I’d like to let you know about a new company called, UP.Y|gallery, or Up Yours …

Manufacturing Controversy

Matthew J. Cherry — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:25:24 +0000

I have always wanted to shoot a portrait of my good friend, and fellow artist, James M. Graham. James is both an interesting person to know as well as an interesting person to look at, and therefore has all that is necessary to make an interesting portrait. So when James told me that he had …

It’s not the destination, but the journey that matters

Matthew J. Cherry — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:16:12 +0000

I love photography, I always have. When digital came along I fully embraced the new technology. The ability to retouch photos on the computer revolutionized the way I work and the images I was able to create. I still feel this way and will always continue to shoot digital images and manipulate them on a …

Wild Horses

Matthew J. Cherry — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:31:15 +0000

A friend of mine recently told me that they didn’t share my infatuation with pre-production. Is that what it is I wonder, an infatuation? I think about that for more moments than I care to admit, but in the end I realize that it doesn’t matter as that’s simply how I work. My whole life …

Click Send: A Charity Photo Exhibition of Cell Phone Photographs

Matthew J. Cherry — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:53:18 +0000

When I first heard about this, I had no idea what to expect. A gallery show comprised of nothing but cell phone pictures? As much as I enjoy taking photos with my iPhone and playing with the various apps available, it seemed kind of hackish to me, but there were three things that led me …